custodial

English

Etymology

custody + -al; compare French custodial.

Adjective

custodial (comparative more custodial, superlative most custodial)

  1. Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
  2. Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child.
  3. Providing punishment by incarceration.

Derived terms

  • custodial account
  • custodial area
  • custodial care
  • custodial interrogation
  • custodial parent
  • custodial rape
  • custodial sentence
  • custodial symmetry
  • postcustodial

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